Struggling… Did Not Finish(DNF)… Falling short… Words I could easily use to describe my athletic pursuits over the past three years. I tried to not treat them as setbacks and have tried to learn and grow from each experience. My battle with the Ga Jewel embodies this ongoing struggle. This year I finally left my […]
While running my first 24 hour race last year, the Midsummer Nights Dream Ultra, I pushed my distance limitations from 37 miles to 55 miles. After 21 hours of running 1 mile loops I had to quit with a total of 55 miles, for which I pushed myself and my limits. At the end of […]
In my quick 5 minute summation detailing my recent blogging sabbatical (detailed here and here) I mentioned the effects a lower back injury has had on my running goals for the year, pushing almost all hopes of distance races out of the picture for the first half of this year. I have discovered in the […]
In last Thursday’s post I hurriedly summarized the end of the year and circumstances that developed as I headed into the end of the year. As I headed into December of 2015 I found myself injured and getting slower. I decided I needed to take some time off and heal up. I assessed the issue […]
Last September I posted my race report for my first 50 mile ultra distance running race, the Georgia Jewel, to suddenly vanish from the blogging world. I really am uncertain what happened, but I just suddenly felt the need to unplug from the blogging world and let myself disappear. Last year I embraced distance running and […]
My original goal for this year involved two giant goals, run a 24 hour race possibly getting 50+ miles and running the Tortoise and the Hare 50k race in November again to commemorate my first ultra distance race and see if I have improved my time. Besides these big races I had decided to throw […]
Earlier this year I ran my first 24 hour race, the Midsummer Night’s Dream Ultra (details here). At that race I pushed my limits and ran 55 miles, exceeding my previous record of 37 miles in a timed race. While running my loops, a fellow ultra runner mentioned another race later in the year that […]
When I began this blog back in 2012 my goal was simply to provide me a means to keep my self accountable. At the start of the year I weighed close to 365 and had numerous health issues of notable concern. As I trained for my first 5k and eventually triathlons this blog transformed into a […]
Last year proved to be a pretty good year for me: I finished two Olympic distance triathlons and pushed myself through my first 50k ultra trail running race. At the beginning of this year I decided to forgo triathlons and really focus on distance running and slimming down a bit to improve my overall speed. […]
Every morning when I open up facebook I eagerly look to discover what tidbits from my past facebook will pull up. If you are unfamiliar with it, facebook offers a feature that will sift through your posts from years past and show you what you were posting about on that day two, three or more […]
Chatter Gets Fit 